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Lener@ Paten: No. 80,128, dated .my 21,1868.

IMPROVED SGRUBBING-BRUSH. l V

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

B e it'known that I, R. M. BROOKS, of Grin, in the -county of Spaulding, and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new. 4and useful Improvementsrin ScrubbingBrushes; and do hereby declare" that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of a water-chamber and `a sand-chamber with a vscrubbing-brush, arranged in such a manner that the water and the sand will be discharged and sprinkled overV the oor by the movement of the brush, thereby saving a great amount of labor.'

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I `will new proceed to describe its construction 'and'operation,. referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which I Figure 1 is a. bottom view, and

Figure 2 atransverse section of my invention.

A represents a case, which forms the head'ofthe scrubbing-brush, and is divided into two chambers, a 'and b, to hold, the one sand and the other water.

These chambers are provided with one or more holes c c on top,for the purpose of filling them with sand or water; and they areA also provided with a series of small holes on the-bottom, as shown in iig. 1, for the discharge of the same, the chamber intended to hold the sand, of course, having the holes on its bottom alittle larger than those vof the other chamber which contains the water.

On the bottom of the case ilanges extend downward in such a manner as `to form the recess d, between the series of holes on the two chambers, into which recess the scrubbing-brush B is placed.

This brush may be made in any manner and of any materialput of which brushes may be manufactured, but I design it more particularly for an India-rubber floor-scrub, made'of strips of India rubber e e, divided by and .fastened to wooden strips ff, and inserted into therecess d, and there fastened by means of screws t' z' on cach side thereof.

These screws are so arranged that those on one side penetrate intothe last strip o f wood on the othcr side,

but do not go through, and in the same way the screws. on the other side only penetrate into the first strip of wood on the former, thus forming aclamp to hold the brush in its place.

Having thus fully described myfinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, islIlhe head A, of a brush, when constructed as described, so as to form tivo chambers aand b for the purpose' of holding sand and water, and a recess, d, for inserting the brush, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth. I'n testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 2d day of June, 1868.

n. M. BROOKS,v

Witnesses:

D. A. GILBERT, LEOPOLD Evsnr. 

